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First Bancorp dividend history

First Bancorp's dividend was $0.910 a share in fiscal 2025, up 3.4% on the year before. That was 33.6% of net income.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q3 TTM
Buybacks (TTM)
$7.3M
Dividends (TTM)
$38.9M
Returned to shareholders
17%
of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years
$991,000
Diluted share count
−0.0%
year over year
Total shareholder yield
1.7%
dividends 1.4% + buybacks 0.3% of market value
Dividend payout ratio
24%
of net income paid out

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Dividend per share$0.320$0.320$0.320$0.320$0.320$0.320$0.320$0.320$0.320$0.400$0.540$0.720$0.800$0.880$0.880$0.880$0.910—
Dividend per share growth—0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%+25.0%+35.0%+33.3%+11.1%+10.0%0.0%0.0%+3.4%—
Dividends paid755566668111421223135363739
Share buybacks——00————001032400017
Dividends ÷ net income12.7%53.7%39.5%—30.4%25.2%23.3%23.3%16.5%12.6%14.8%25.7%23.2%20.9%33.6%47.6%33.6%23.7%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from First Bancorp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 2, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to First Bancorp.